Charge dropped against man once eyed in prostitutes' deaths

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Unrelated charges are dismissed against the man once considered a prime suspect in the deaths of four prostitutes whose bodies were found in a drainage ditch near Atlantic City.

A prostitute who said Terry Oleson tried to strangle her during an encounter in January failed to show up in court Tuesday.

Oleson and his lawyer James Leonard say the woman has no credibility.

Oleson is due to be sentenced next week on an invasion of privacy charge. It stems from several incidents in which he secretly videotaped his then-girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter in the nude.

Oleson had been staying at the Golden Key Motel in Egg Harbor Township just before the bodies were discovered one year ago.

Prosecutors have yet to release the results of DNA samples that Oleson gave in June.